Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

तथान्ये मनुजा ये च हाटकादीनि भक्तितः । मणिमुक्तासुरत्नैश्च कृत्वा लिंगानि कृत्स्नशः

Transliteration

tathānye manujā ye ca hāṭakādīni bhaktitaḥ | maṇimuktāsuratnaiśca kṛtvā liṃgāni kṛtsnaśaḥ

Translation

അതുപോലെ മറ്റു മനുഷ്യരും ഭക്തിയോടെ സ്വർണം മുതലായ വസ്തുക്കളാലും, മണി–മുത്ത് എന്നിവയും ഉത്തമ രത്നങ്ങളാലും സമ്പൂർണ്ണരൂപത്തിലുള്ള ശിവലിംഗങ്ങൾ നിർമ്മിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन (Plural)

• मनुजाः: men, humans
• मनुजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन (Plural)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन (Plural); सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• हाटकादीनि: gold and the like
• हाटकादीनि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāṭaka-ādi (प्रातिपदिक; हाटक + आदि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन (Plural); ‘आदि’समास (etc.-compound)

• भक्तितः: out of devotion, devoutly
• भक्तितः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb); हेतौ/प्रकारे (by devotion)

• मणि-मुक्ता-सु-रत्नैः: with gems, pearls, and fine jewels
• मणि-मुक्ता-सु-रत्नैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṇi + muktā + su-ratna (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व); तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया (having done/made)

• लिङ्गानि: liṅgas (emblems)
• लिङ्गानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन (Plural)

• कृत्स्नशः: entirely, completely
• कृत्स्नशः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛtsnaśas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/परिमाणवाचक (adverb: wholly, entirely)

Speaker

Pitāmaha (Brahmā) (continuing proclamation by context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees fashioning a complete liṅga with gold and inlaid gems, pearls, and precious stones; artisans at work, ritual purity vessels nearby, lamps and incense framing the act as worship.

Characters & Entities

• Manujas (humans)
• Hāṭaka (gold)
• Maṇi (jewel)
• Muktā (pearl)
• Ratna (gem)
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional craftsmanship—offering valuable materials to form a liṅga—is upheld as a meritorious path of worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hāṭakeśvara/Pātāla liṅga context continues, extending its model of worship to human devotees.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Creating liṅgas from gold and precious substances (ratna, muktā) as an act of bhakti (implying offering/installation).